Belts, bands, and the like.



No. 874,870. PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

. R. SGHEUBB.

BELT, BAND, AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1907.

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' BELTS, BANDS, AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed July 10, 1907. Serial No. 382,998.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH SoHEUER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Belts, Bands, and the Like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in retaining loops for use on straps,

belts, bands and the like, and means for securing the same in place, the object being to provide a plurality of loops and secure the same in place with the minimum amount of stitching, and hold the loops parallel or at the desired angle to. each other, irrespective of carelessness in assembling the parts.

The invention is particularly applicable to belts for personal wear where it is desirable that the construction be as neat and perfect as possible, and in which it is desirable that the rear surface be as smooth as possible, but it is, of course, applicable to use in harnesses or in connection with straps or bands generally, where it is desired to hold one strap or band in engagement with another and to permit of its longitudinal removal.

' Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of one end of a belt, band or the like, constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of two retaining loops formed of a single piece of material.

In myimproved construction the end of the body portion 10 is extended through a buckle 11 and stitched back upon itself to retain the buckle in position. The end portion 12 of the belt which is folded back, forms a second layer or thickness adjacent the buckle, and the two are preferably secured together by a transverse line of stitching 13 closely adjacent the buckle, and by a second transverse line of stitching 14 adjacent the terminal of the end portion 12. It

' is desirable that a plurality of retaining loops be employed, and it is .also generally desirable that these loops be held parallel in respect to each other. It is common in the art to provide two separate and independent loops,

each having the end portions thereof secured together intermediate the end portion 12 and the body portion of the belt, and to space these loops apart by a third line of stitching intermediate the two lines 13 and 1 1 and intermediate the two independent loops. In my improved construction, I provide a rectangular piece of material having a rectangular opening out therein. The size of the opening is so proportioned to the size of the piece of material as to leave two side portions 15 and 16 parallel in respect to each other and serving to form the loops in the completed belt, and the portions 17 and 18 are united together in any manner, as, for instance, by clips 19. The body portion of the belt extends between each of the loops and the end portions 17 and 18 are held from longitudinal movement between the two lines of stitching 13 and 14:. Thus, the middle line of stitching is entirely eliminated, the assembling of the parts is facilitated, and the time required for said assembling materially reduced. I The loops are held parallel and in aiixed relation to each other, and the appearance of the belt is greatly improved.

In the device illustrated there is provided only one opening in the piece of material from which the loops are formed, but it is evident that a series of openings may be formed to provide a plurality of loops which may be ornamental in form, parallel to each other or disposed in any fixed relationship. The construction is particularly adaptable for leather belts, bands or straps, and leather retaining loops, but it is evident that not only the loops but the parts to which hte same are secured and the parts retained thereby may be of any suitable material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A strap having a portion thereof formed of two layers, means for securing said layers together at two points spaced apart longitudinally of the strap, and a plurality of loops encircling one of said layers and having their ends secured together and each loop connected to the adjacent one independently of said layers and between the same, said loops being disposed intermediate said securing means.

2. In combination with a strap, a plurality of loops encircling the same and formed of a single piece of material having an opening therein to form the loops portions at opponame to this specification in the presence of site sides of said opening, and means indetwo subscribing Witnesses. pendent of said strap for securing together the adjacent edges of the piece of material I RALPH SCHEUER' 5 on the opposite side of the strap from said Witnesses:

opening. EVERARD B. MARsHALL, In testimony whereof I have signed my 1 CLIVE W. FAIRBANK. 

